Where does “haarsträubend” come from?

haarsträubend (German) comes from German haar, from Old High German hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic hērą, from Proto-Indo-European keres- — rough hair, bristle.

haarsträubend (German): hair-raising

Definitions

  1. hair-raising

Ancestry of “haarsträubend”, step by step

haarsträubend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaarsingular imperative of haaren; first-person...
2Old High Germanhārhair
3Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
4Proto-Germanichērąhair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle

via German sträubend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansträubendpresent participle of sträuben
2Germansträubento bristle up; to be reluctant, to resist
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keres- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hār →